FRA, 19 September 1996. The French newspaper Le
Monde published on Wendesday the results of a study
of the National Observatory of Decentralized Social
Intervention (Observatoire National de l'Action Sociale
Décentralisée—ODAS) on maltreated children
in France.

Marches europeennes contre le chomage, [31 December
1997]. Throughout December, actions have escalated by the
jobless and the socially excluded in France. This has been
due to a combination of mobilisations. The overall theme was
the fight against social inequalities, particularly
pertinent at the onset of winter.

By Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post,
Tuesday 21 August 2001. A general feeling that this country,
which prides itself on civility and culture, has become a
more violent and dangerous place. The statistics bear out
the concern.

By Sylvie Braibant and Dominique Vidal, Le Monde
diplomatique, August 2002. Which aspects of Judaism
will be passed on to their children was a question that
affected all those whom we interviewed, who spent more time
at political meetings than in synagogues.

By Hacène Belmssous, Le Monde diplomatique,
November 2002. A new segregation of the urban landscape,
through the building of American-style gated communities
which sells the haves security against the have-nots,
creating us-and-them cities. We visited one such gated
community in the boom city of Toulouse